CHICAGO—Following a move by the Federal Aviation Administration, which ordered an immediate halt to Boeing Dreamliner flights by U.S. airlines, LOT Polish Airlines announced it was cancelling its inaugural Dreamliner flight from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Warsaw on Wednesday. LOT is the only European airline operating the new high-tech aircraft.
LOT Polish Airlines’ inaugural flight from Warsaw left at 4:18 p.m. local time and landed in Chicago at 7:28 p.m. Other …

gais, this is pretty bad. at least nothing exploded yet. the japanese bought a bunch of them.

lufthansa got lucky with their 10 a380s

The A380 isn't a competitor to the 787, the 747-800 is (sort-of). At any rate, the A380 has had its fair share of launch issues as well. Did you ever read about Qantas flight 32 (http://avherald.com/h?article=43309c6d%2F0007&opt=0)? They also have issues with wing cracks. The dispatch rate for the 787 has actually been pretty good (higher than the 777 at launch) and is on par with most clean sheet aircraft designs at launch.

The A350 which will be the direct competitor to the 787 is also using the same battery technology. Hopefully this is just a bump in the road as almost all new aircraft have their issues like what Litt pointed out with the A380.